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Subcommittee on antitrust. in went the president repeatedly told aides such as gary cohn and rob porter and gary kelly to block the at&t/time warner merger. they didn't listen. his tweet today suggests an attempt to punish a network that he hates. does that itself open the possibility of impeachment? using the antitrust powers of the executive to punish bad coverage, where does that stand in your mind? >> yeah, it's a complete abuse of power. look, the antitrust enforcement that is required by the department of justice is a quasi judicial proceeding. it has to be free from any political interf...

His tweet today suggests an ey attempt to punish a network that he hates.at does that itself open the possibility of impeachment? using the antitrust powers of the executive to punish bad coverage, where does that stand in your mind? >> yeah, it's a complete abuse of power. look, the antitrust enforcement that is required by the department of justice is a quasi judicial proceeding. it has to be free from any political interference. those are judgements that have to be made based on the facts. it's completely improper for a b president to attempt in any way to interfere, and the idea of using t...